The paradox of free will Free will in theology
the paradox explained, not resolved, observing god exists outside of time, , therefore, knowledge of future same knowledge of past , present. knowledge of past not interfere man s free will, neither knowledge of future. distinction, between foreknowledge , predestination, in fact discussed maimonides critic abraham ibn daud.
one analogy here of time travel. time traveller, having returned future, knows in advance x do, while knows x do, knowledge not cause x so: x had free will, while time traveller had foreknowledge. 1 objection raised against analogy – , ibn daud’s distinction – if x has free will, may choose act otherwise when event in question comes pass, , therefore time traveller (or god) merely has knowledge of possible event: having seen event, there no way know certainty x do; see view of gersonides below. further, presence of time traveller, may have had chaotic effect on x s circumstances , choice, absent when event comes pass in present.)
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